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Registered charity · Southampton

Solent Students' Union

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £670k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training
Where
Hampshire
Website
www.solentsu.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Solent Students' Union
Registered
2013

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£670k£635k
  • 2024£690k£728k
  • 2023£629k£696k
Earlier years
  • 2022£660k£608k
  • 2021£597k£517k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2023: Government grants 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE UNIONS OBJECTS ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF STUDENTS AT SOUTHAMPTON SOLENT UNIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:- PROMOTING THE INTERESTS AND WELFARE OF STUDENTS AT SOUTHAMPTON SOLENT UNIVERSITY DURING THEIR COURSE OF STUDY;- PROVIDING REPRESENTATION, ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE TO STUDENTS ON MATTERS AFFECTING THEIR WELFARE AND INTERESTS AS STUDENTS;- PROVIDING SOCIAL, CULTURAL, SPORTING AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND FORUMS FOR DISCUSSIONS AND DEBATE FOR THE PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT OF ITS STUDENTS;- BEING THE RECOGNISED REPRESENTATIVE CHANNEL BETWEEN STUDENTS AND SOUTHAMPTON SOLENT UNIVERSITY AND ANY OTHER EXTERNAL BODIES; AND- PROMOTING AND ENCOURAGING CONTACT AND COOPERATION BETWEEN STUDENTS IN ALL MATTERS AFFECTING THEIR INTERESTS AS STUDENTS WITHOUT REGARD TO ETHNIC ORIGIN, NATIONALITY, GENDER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RELIGION, DISABILITY OR AGE.

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

6 trustees on the board

1y median 0y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
2.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (1)

3
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 6Arts/culture/heritage/science 1General Charitable Purposes 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 4Tech and media 1

Gaps to watch

  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£670k latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

3.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 14.3 in 2021

13 from 15 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1153350
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 22/07/2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03/12/2013 as amended on 12 Mar 2020
Companies House
Company number 08619653 · Active
Contact on the register
02380319873 · SUPRESIDENT@SOLENT.AC.UK
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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